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Patented May 21, 1895.

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TYPE GOMPOSING MACHINE.

No. 539,716. Patented May 21, 1895 wfilwfiast [721/622 507:

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FREDERICK WICKS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

TYPE-COMPOSING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 539,716, dated May 21, 1895. Application filed February 25. 1895- Serial No. 539,665. No model.) Patented in England April 28, 1891, No. 7,329.

1'0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK WICKS, a citizen of England, residing at No. 1 Oheyne Gardens, Chelsea, in the city of London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Composing Machines, (for which I have received Letters Patent in Great Britain, No. 7,329, dated April 28, 1891,)

groove in which lodges the lowest type in the holder, and when this ejector moves the type out of the holder, the type slides on to the race out of the groove which has the same downward inclination as the race. The ejectors thus operating are fitted to slide in helical grooves at the sides of the race being moved directly by the composing keys. At the bottom of the race I provide a pair of rollers geared to the setting wheel, between which rollers each type passes from the race to the setting wheel, to which it is thus delivered at suitable speed. I make the race which receives the type from the setting wheel inclined somewhat downward from the wheel so that each type as it is delivered on to it, tends to move away from the setting wheel without risk of its being shaken back by vibration. In order to render the movement of the setting wheel .and the rollers above mentioned nearly uniform, I prefer to gear a fly wheel to them. I

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a transverse section. Fig. 2 is a part plan,

and Fig. 3 is a part side elevation, of a typerace modified according to my present invention to take the placeof the type-race and ejectors described in my former specification. Fig. at is a part longitudinal section showing the lower end of the race and setting-wheel modified according to my present invention to take the place of that described in my said have their upperfaces q q inclined down toward that partition so that' the types which run down these faces are kept by gravity close against the partition; as) the one race q is at a higher level than the other q so that as the types descend toward the setting wheel T (Fig. 4) those running along the lower race q go direct toward the wheel, and those running along the higher race q drop at 1 down to the line of q. Each of the races Q Q is made in sectional form of a quadrant having inclined grooves each forming a portion of a helix in which slides one of the ejectors S its stroke being limited by a screw 8 passed through a slot. Each ejectorS is linked to one of the finger keys bya connecting rod 8 adjustable lengthwise in a screw socket s which has two side checks .9 engaging a ball attached to the ejector, this ball and'the cheeks forming a universal joint.

In Fig. 2 on the left side the type tubes are removed to show the ends of the ejectors S the upper one S of which is shown as being drawn back having its groove 8 immediately under the type tube to receive the lowest type. The next lower ejector S is shown pushed forward so that the lower end of its groove 8 is open to the race q allowing the type to slide out of itand down the race. The front end of each ejector is inclined as shown so that when any one is pushed forward like S it does not interrupt the descent of a type from a higher part of the race g which can pass along the inclined end of S and escape past its extreme lower corner .9

As shown in Fig. 4, the types which run down the races q q pass under the hanging weight w and between two small rollers a a and lodge against the successive teeth of the setting wheel T whence they drop on to the race 'U which, according to my present invention is inclined so as to give each type a tendency to move away from thewheel.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim in respect of improvements in type-composing machines of the kind described in my previous specification, No."276,947, is-

1. The combination in a type-composing machine, of two quadrant-al, helically grooved sections and a channel between them provided tions with the ejectors, substantially as described.

3. In a type composing machine each ejector made with a groove to receive the type and an inclined end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a type composing machine in combination with the setting wheel, a pair of rollers arranged to feed the successive types to it, and a race inclined from it, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 11th day of February, A. D. 1895. 5

, FREDERICK WIOKS. WVitnesses:

OLIVER IMRAY, J NO. P. MILLARD. 

